What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[brownnova]

Spent an hour or two going back in time and watching BBC 2s “The car’s the star” Quentin Wilson at his finest! 

I watched the 2CV, Reliant Robin and this one on the DS, which was my personal favourite as it featured eccentrics such as LJK Setright, and the famous philanderer Alan Clarke and his wife. 

There’s many more to watch! 

[chaseracer]

17 hours ago, Mally said:

...but can't have scaffolding on the drive when racing's on.

??? ?

[CaptainBoom]

11 hours ago, davidfowler2000 said:

This thing has had problems for about 30 years. Since I claimed ownership 18 months ago, I've been meaning to get it fixed.

I eventually had to take it to an Italian man in Edinburgh. Problems fixed AND sounding noticably better.

Is the tuner amp underneath a Beomaster?  They are amazing looking things!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

3 hours ago, brownnova said:

......this one on the DS, which was my personal favourite as it featured eccentrics such as LJK Setright, and the famous philanderer Alan Clarke and his wife. 

I miss Anton Rodgers. He looked like just the kind of man who would have a DS.

His car seems to be on SORN at the moment, and DVLA thinks it's silver rather than black.

[chaseracer]

Thanks.  I were confuse.  (Not difficult...)

[brownnova]

24 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said:

His car seems to be on SORN at the moment, and DVLA thinks it's silver rather than black.

As is the late Alan Clarke’s Decapotale... 

 

The Reliant one meets some  right cards!! 

 

[Fumbler]

Quickest car turnaround ever! Mother Fumbler lists Jazz yesterday. Within 20 minutes gets call, 3 hours later car is sold. Finds new Jazz, views it, buys it, will collect it on Friday. It's the first of the new design Jazzes (from 2015-present), and it was built in Japan. In my (not very humble) opinion, it's a heavily computerised gimmicky lump of steel but she likes it and only has to pay peanuts for tax. It is also Hi-vis yellow. Unoffensive and cheerful, but is definitely noticeable!

Meanwhile, I've found a Micra that's very local for cheap monies with MOT, 77K on the clock, and was a part exchange. HPI clear and all, will be seeing it tomorrow. Lovely metallic cherry red, therefore zero fade which is a bonus. It's all been quite exciting for all of us these last few days!

[Parky]

Watching 1970’s blaxploitation classic “Foxy Brown”

God damn, Pam Grier is a whole lotta woman!  Bit of Antonio Fargas and a Willie Hutch soundtrack (sounds like Curtis Mayfield, that ain’t no bad thing) this is Saturday night heaven!

 

 

[stonedagain]

Spotted a K11 Micra on the A66, towing a caravan up a steep incline. It looked like it was doing about 10 mph......

[HillmanImp]

[brownnova]

In the time it would taken me to read that I’d have been in the rear end of the nearest truck! 

[Joey spud]

 

Now this is what i call a decent fathers day present.

A 1/10 scale Tamiya Brat.

Men of a certain age will understand.

Cheers Son.

[Wack]

Just looking at Vans on Ebay

There was a time when £75,000 would have bought you some Italian exotica , not any more , a very quiet LDV with no payload I'd guess if it's full of batteries

 

[Tamworthbay]

LDV went bust years ago. Has someone bought the name up? And if so, wtf would you do that?

[Wack]

Crazy isn't it, a transit would cost 30% of that money , 35k buys a lot of diesel 

[wuvvum]

My Maxus cost me less than 1% of that.  With the number of miles I do in a van I reckon I'd break even shortly before my 256th birthday.

[Garythesnail]

On 6/13/2019 at 8:56 PM, brownnova said:

The MR2 made it through but the Picasso's electrics sh*t itself before it freewheeled in to the water, stranding  its four occupants.

[Sheefag]

On 6/12/2019 at 6:17 PM, Fumbler said:

I watch this and I'm happy once again.

 

 

Nice.

[NorthernMonkey]

Jolly decent of you, Billy...

[Fumbler]

2 hours ago, Sheefag said:

Nice.

Crazy! But nice.

[Aston Martin]

I went to Scarborough, in Oxfam. North Face boots for £5.99? Really? 

I'm a 9 and these are a 8.5. But I'm taking them no matter what. Tried them on and they fit. 

I then spent £7 on cleaner and rewaterproofing spray. ?

 

Hopefully you can see before and after.

[GrumpiusMaximus]

This at the tip:

Followed by this at the seaside:

[Wack]

Boot sale this morning was like a new eastern European country had just joined the EU and they'd been coached in , I've never seen so many there.

Every boot had 30 people trying to get in it as soon as it was open,  they'd then offer 50% of asking whatever that was 

One guy picked something up said how much , she said £5

He said, I give you £1 like he was doing her a favour 

Her reply 

Fuck off 

Billy Connolly was right, fuck off is the universal language because he did just that, fucked off like he'd been slapped round the face 

 

 

[wuvvum]

Optimism.

[DoctorRetro]

My 7 Yr old son is obsessed with all things Marvel/Avengers/Superheroes etc. 

But he insist on referring to the villain in the Avengers as 'Vanos'

?

I think he's on to something... 

[Tamworthbay]

It’s been a funny old year to say the least, some shit news, of which the cancer of my 29yr old nephew and severe illness of my nieces baby being the worst. The nipper is recovering well after a heart op a couple of weeks back and heard today that my nephew has had the all clear. Thank fuck we have our NHS.

[strangeangel]

Marty Ultrawomble trolling the shit out of the greedy, the criminal and the terminally stupid on the eBay fuckwits thread.

[paulplom]

12 hours ago, Aston Martin said:

I went to Scarborough, in Oxfam. North Face boots for £5.99? Really? 

I'm a 9 and these are a 8.5. But I'm taking them no matter what. Tried them on and they fit. 

I then spent £7 on cleaner and rewaterproofing spray. ?

 

Hopefully you can see before and after.

Have you seen the film dead man's shoes?

[Aston Martin]

1 hour ago, paulplom said:

Have you seen the film dead man's shoes?

No, but i'm sure some poor bastard died in these.

[dozeydustman]

This appears to have moved in up the road from me, complete with desirable pogweaseling.